Home burglarized while children hide in bedroom Saturday night

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- An apartment in the 4200 block of Boxwood Court was burglarized Saturday night while a 17-year-old and her younger siblings hid in the bedroom, police said.

According to police, the girl and her siblings were sleeping in their father's bedroom while he was at work when they heard a loud noise downstairs around 9:30 p.m. She left the room and went to the top of the staircase to check on the ruckus when she saw three to four men, police said. The girl immediately went back to the bedroom and called the police.

The offenders were gone once the police arrived. Authorities said the men had kicked open the apartment door and stole two laptop computers.